Morgan County vs Union County

A side-by-side comparison of Morgan County and Union County: population, income, housing, and more.

Morgan County and Union County are counties in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Morgan County has the higher population (13,938 vs 13,379 in Union County). Union County has the higher median household income ($60,989 vs $47,493 in Morgan County). Union County has the higher median home value ($109,000 vs $106,000 in Morgan County).

Population, income & housing

	Morgan County	Union County
Population	13,938	13,379
Median age	41.8 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,493	$60,989
Median home value	$106,000	$109,000
Median gross rent	$670	$787
Housing units	5,650	5,868
Homeownership rate	78.2%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morgan County	Union County
Population	13,288 → 13,938 (+4.9%)	14,638 → 13,379 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$36,134 → $47,493 (+31.4%)	$46,673 → $60,989 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$73,100 → $106,000 (+45.0%)	$92,100 → $109,000 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$553 → $670 (+21.2%)	$597 → $787 (+31.8%)

Morgan County

Population

13,28813,938

Median household income

$36,134$47,493

Median home value

$73,100$106,000

Median gross rent

$553$670

Union County

Population

14,63813,379

Median household income

$46,673$60,989

Median home value

$92,100$109,000

Median gross rent

$597$787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morgan County	Union County
Under 5	5.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	10.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.8%
75 and over	5.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morgan County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	88.1%
Black or African American	4.1%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morgan County	Union County
No high school diploma	18.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	39.9%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morgan County	Union County
Drove alone	79.9%	83.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	8.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	5.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morgan County	Union County
1-unit, detached	61.1%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	35.4%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Morgan County	Union County
Poverty rate	18.2%	17.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1990	1975